#interactions | hephaestus

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

Hephaestus had never much enjoyed being around other people. He didn't really have a problem with them as such, just a deep feeling of discomfort. He supposed he understood some of that now, his memories finally returning. There was him thinking all of that was just some made-up nonsense. This was much worse.

Unfortunatly there were still times he had to leave the house, and he had thought it was late enough that this would work. Even with the cane though, he couldn't walk that quickly, and his dog had run up to someone. "Smoky, heel" he called out, at least that had worked. "Sorry, he's... relatively harmless" well he was a big dog, probably not harmless if he knocked someone over.

@ivycovestarters

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

❝ if a mysterious voice gave me an ominous warning, i’d probably listen to it. ❞ (penelope to anyone)

"Why?" he asked, not expecting that to have been what she said. "From experience, mysterious voices are usually the Gods, and no one should listen to any of them" and he did include himself as one people shouldn't listen to. It had just seemed obvious at the time, but looking back what had any of them done to actually help mortals? Really they had been a problem for them, especially his father when it came to seeing a pretty woman.

@wastelcndbby

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

so… i've set it on fire. (Aiden to Hephaestus)

"Yes... evidently" he replied, glancing over at the flames. It was unusual to say the least, and not something he had been expecting to see today. Though his whole life had been full of odd things, he wasn't sure what needed to happen for him to actually feel surprised anymore. "Do I want to ask why, or will it just give me a headache?"

@allthatglxtters

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

"That doesn't... look good..." (from Percy)

Hephaestus glanced up, not having heard anyone coming or looking into the discard pile. He might be good at what he did, exceptional even, but that didn't mean everything worked out quite right. "It's why I'm binning it. Unless you have any use for it, but I can't think anyone would. Luck of the fire".

@ofcelestialstories

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

❛ here, you look like you need this more than me right now. ❜ (Hebe & Hephaestus)

With everything going on, it was easy to just focus on the negative. Actually he probably did that more often than not, but he wasn't sure how often the good actually happened. Least here was better, he just wished his memories hadn't come back. Hebe being here was a surprise, not that she seemed to know that. "Oh, why do you think that?" Probably right, but he wanted to hear what she thought.

@cherryxwiine

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

There was a lot of things Hephaestus really didn't want to deal with. Top of the list would always be his family. Although he supposed that his sister was at least a little further down the list than... well all of the others. Not off the list, being here had at least meant he realised how much he had hated Olympus. To think he had fought tooth and nail to be there. "So you're here too? Nearly have enough for a full reunion. How fun" he muttered sarcastically, realising a little too late, that not everyone here had their memories. Something he was jealous of.

@cherryxwiine for Hebe

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

❝ good? c’mon, give me details. describe it. ❞ (persephone and hephaestus)

"I'm not going to do that" he replied, shaking his head as he spoke. He'd never really been one to go into much detail with anything, though more because he'd never really had anyone who wanted to listen before. Beforehand he'd never really had anyone who had wanted to listen anyway. "Why do you need to know anyway?"

@wastelcndbby

[violentdelightstheseviolentends]

"i know you know." (Odysseus & Any)

"Do you now" he muttered, unsure why he was being disturbed. There was a reason he didn't much like leaving his house, and this was doing nothing but reminding him of it. "Do you want to share, or do I need to guess. There's a lot of things I know" and it wasn't as if he didn't recognise the other man, he just didn't remember having much to do with him.

@tcrturedpcet